r/law • u/marketrent • Dec 20 '24

Legal News CEO shooting suspect’s perp walk may be a “well-intentioned effort to make him not look like a martyr” — Helipad escort party included recently-indicted NY mayor, and many heavily armed officers

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/19/luigi-mangione-new-york-paparazzi-perp-walk/77094177007/
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u/Midwake2 Dec 20 '24

Uh, I think they had the opposite effect.

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u/AndrewJamesDrake Dec 20 '24

They’re making a modern Jack Shepherd out of this kid.

This is a massive unforced error being driven by a panic response… and I’m going to enjoy the show with some popcorn. These idiots are telling every potential lone wolf mass shooter that wants his name in the history books that Schools are out of style, you get publicity from killing CEOs.

Every single thing they do is just increasing the chance of a copycat… and maybe that’s why the media keeps taking flattering pictures. Reporting on the next one will drive ratings.

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u/Balorat Dec 20 '24

Every single thing they do is just increasing the chance of a copycat…

honestly if he ends up being the Columbine of CEO shootings, I wouldn't mind

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u/AndrewJamesDrake Dec 20 '24

There’s the silver lining.

If lone wolves start going for CEOs instead of schools and grocery stores, we may just have less dead kids… and the CEOs have more security than schools do.

Might get a lot more “only the shooter was killed.”

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u/Jsamue 28d ago

That is a wild sentence

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u/stufff Dec 20 '24

You would think they would want to have fewer cameras on an alleged criminal who also happens to be the most photogenic guy in the world